Balloon wrapper



Nov. 28, 1950 P. o. WALTER 2,531,795

BALLOON WRAPPER Filed Jan. 12, 1950 1 lwJ zazzer INVENTOR 1 1 1 BY ,1 1I l ATTORNEYS Patented Nov. 28, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BALLOONWRAPPER Fan! 0. Walter, Billings, Mont. Application January 12, 1950,Serial No. 138,161

2 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a balloon wrapper for articles.

An important object of the present invention is to provide a wrappingmeans which utilizes a conventional balloon and which can be applied tosuch articles as lollypops, candies, or small toys.

Another important object is to provide a wrapping means of the typestated which, when applied to the article to be wrapped, is twistedthereon in a manner which will seal the wrapped article tightly.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details ofconstruction and combinations of parts, here inafter more fullydescribed and pointed out in the claims, it being understood thatchanges may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Fig. 1 is an elevational view of a balloon Wrapped article.

Fig. 2 is an elevational view of the article and balloon immediatelyprior to the wrapping of said article.

Fig. 3 is a section through the balloon showing an intermediate step ofwrapping the article. Fig. 4 is a modified form of balloon wrapper.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 5 designates the stick of a lollypopor sucker including the head 6. At this point, it may benoted that theinvention can be applied, it is believed, to articles other thanlollypops or suckers, if desired. However, the balloon wrapper isparticularly effective as a wrapping for articles such as thoseillustrated in the drawing, and hence the drawings illustrate the bestapplication of the invention as now known.

In an event, a conventional toy balloon is designated I, and this ispartially inflated as readily seen from Figs. 2 and 3. After the balloonI has been partially inflated, it is positioned over the head 6, afterwhich the head 6 of the lollypop is pushed upwardly a substantial amountinto the bottom of the balloon. Since the balloon l is only partiallyinflated, it will yield readily to pressure from the lollypop, so as tocause the lollypop to project inwardly to a substantial extent, thus todefine, in efiect, an annular collar-like extension 8 at the bottom ofthe balloon disposed below the head 6 of the lollypop and surroundingthe upper portion of the stick 5.

With the balloon still partially inflated, the stick 5 is now twisted,and the head 6 being gripped by the wall of the balloon, will twist thebottom portion of the balloon, so that said bot tom portion 8 is twistedaround the stick 5 as best shown in Fig. 1 at 9.

The partially inflated balloon 1 is now deflated, and the completedarticle appears as in Fig. 1. It has been found that the article isfully wrapped and completely sealed against the entrance of dirt, air,or the like, and is sold wrapped in the toy balloon. This provides anattractive and saleable article for children.

When it is desired to unwrap the article, one sumply proceeds to inflatethe balloon, and this tends to untwist the balloon from the wrappedarticle.

In Fig. 4 is illustrated a modified form in which the balloon I!) has aconstriction l I formed therein intermediate its ends. This shows theappli cation of the invention to another form of toy balloon. Thearticle is wrapped in the same manner as previously described. It may benoted that with a double balloon such as is illustrated in Fig. 4, aseparate article can be wrapped in each of the separate parts of theballoon.

What is claimed is:

1. The method of wrapping an article that includes the steps of pressingthe article into the wall of a partially inflated balloon, twisting thearticle while holding the balloon still partially inflated, thus totwist the balloon around the article, and deflating the balloon.

2. The method of wrapping an article that includes the steps ofpartially inflating a toy balloon, pressing the article to be wrappedupwardly against the wall of the balloon so as to surround the articlewith the balloon and define an annular collar-like inflated balloonextension immediately below the article, twisting the article so as towrap the balloon therearound, and finally deflating the balloon.

PAUL O. WALTER.

No references cited.

